#mine: tgcf

[amorremanet]

I love and respect angsty 🍖🍃 takes, tragedy is delicious and theirs deserved more time and exploration, I want to drown myself in their tragedy and other people’s takes on it

But at the same time, when a bitch (me) starts writing them, it’s going to be as the ghostly realm’s genderfluid Gomez and Morticia Addams, SQX got punted back down to being a mortal which means they can become a ghost, the Black Water arc was not their breakup but was in fact necessary for SQX and their supreme calamity spouse to be happily married, sometimes He Xuan will be in the middle of kissing and caressing their way up SQX’s bare leg only to get yanked away by Hua Cheng kicking in the door like “YOU STILL OWE ME MONEY AND I AM INVOKING A FAVOR” while He Xuan squawks and hisses like an incredibly upset cat and SQX pouts and fumes and goes into Xie Lian’s private communication array to complain to him about his husband being an obnoxious cockblock, etc. etc. etc.

I apologize for nothing, I’m just living my 🍖🍃 truth

[fenglianist]

Pairing: Mu Qing/Xie Lian

Rating: T

Word Count: 7,473

Summary:

Xie Lian leant forward and wrapped Mu Qing tightly in an embrace that took Mu Qing's breath away. The faint fragrance of cherry blossoms clung to his hair, the same scent that lingered in Mu Qing's memories, so nostalgic that for a moment there it almost took Mu Qing right back to those sunlit days on Mount Taicang, plucking fruits from the cherry trees with Xie Lian. How did that day feel like it was simultaneously lifetimes ago, and just yesterday?  “Mu Qing, I really… really am so glad to see you again. I've missed you so much, these eight hundred years.”

Mu Qing and Xie Lian reunite after Xie Lian's third ascension.

(Written for TGCF Rarepairs Gotcha for Gaza)

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Reconciliation, Pining, Pining Mù Qíng, Mild Gore, Canon Typical Violence, Blood and Injury, POV Mu Qing (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Worried Mu Qing, Introspection, Not Actually Unrequited Love, it isn't mulian if there's no angsty longing, long overdue conversations finally happen

[hualianisms]

Pairing: Feng Xin/Mu Qing

Rating: T

Word Count: 6,479

Summary:

“If - “ he began, then stopped. Without looking at Xie Lian, he said, “If anything happens to that idiot, if - if he - if he actually, really dies - “ He couldn't continue any further. Underneath his sleeves, he gripped his own arm, digging his nails into the flesh of his elbow. “Ah…” Xie Lian was watching him carefully, voice softening, something knowing about the tilt of his brows and the look in his eyes as he took in Mu Qing's pallid, desperate expression. “...You really care about him, don't you?”

In which Feng Xin falls ill during the peak of the Human Face Disease and Mu Qing is worried sick.

(Written for Fengqing Gotcha for Gaza @fengqingaction)

Tags: Sickfic, Xianle Era, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluffy Ending, Pining Mu Qing, POV Mu Qing, Getting Together, Mu Qing is Bad at Feelings, Mu Qing Character Study, MQ taking care of FX, Feng Xin and Mu Qing Bickering, Supportive Xie Lian, Miscommunication, Love Confessions, Prompt Fill, fengqingaction Twitter's Fengqing Gotcha for Gaza Event, no beta we die like HC, this was supposed to be 3k words but they couldn't stop bickering, FX does NOT actually get the HFD

[bishy437]

he won

bonus:

[planet-theia]

tgcf as text posts

[citronverveine]

Hualian's red thread is a great symbol of Hua Cheng's love. It's reminiscent of the red thread of fate, but Hualian weren't exactly fated--actually quite the opposite, they were kept apart. By putting the red thread himself, Hua Cheng forces fate to never separate them again. It symbolizes all the hard work he's put in to search for and find Xie Lian. He literally creates his own fate, their own fate, with pure will, just like he doesn't pass away out of pure will. It's his love and immeasurable strength and will power.

[hualian]

TGCF Donghua weibo update ➜ season 2 to be released in October 2023 🦋

[shizunn]

tgcf ad hualians

[kuutseng]

smoooooch!

[atqh16]

Hua Cheng absolutely destroying the 33 gods that hurt Xie Lian is one of the sexiest thing I’ve ever read. I get so tired of stories preaching restraint in regards to revenge. I think it tends to invalidate the suffering that many of the characters seeking revenge faced.

BUT at the same time I think it’s also important to acknowledge that it wasn’t just a romantic gesture. To Hua Cheng these gods were no different than the bullies that cruelly tormented him all his life simply for being different and weak. His condemnation of their actions was also for himself. A statement of how power and strength should be used. That the way these gods treated someone they considered beneath them wasn’t acceptable.

It’s important to note that Hua Cheng has no contempt for those who are powerless. An important example being Yin Yu. He had no responsibility to take him in but he does. He gives him a purpose. Protects him from the cruel fate he might have faced similar to the kind Xie Lian dealt with after his first banishment. He treats people according to the actions they make. Not the position they are in.

You can also see this in his love for Xie Lian. It isn’t just based on a simple infatuation or rooted in a childish crush. He reveres Xie Lian as his god but loves him for being the human he is. It’s why he can accept Xie Lians flaws and mistakes easily. He loves him for them and not in spite of them. It is the most sincere and genuine form of love a person can have and I think the reason so many readers love him is because it’s also what we yearn ourselves. To be loved for who we are. Flaws and all.

[amorremanet]

in honor of how many clones he xuan has running around the various realms at any given time, i’ve decided that a modern au he xuan should be engaged in absolutely msscribe and/or jordan wood/andy thanfiction levels of batshit ridiculous sock-puppetry on the internet

like, modern au he xuan should make msscribe and thanfiction seem like amateurs with their legion of sockpuppet accounts and how much chaos they can cause with said sockpuppets

[hualianschild]

[hualianisms]

Pairing: Feng Xin/Mu Qing

Rating: T

Word Count: 4,580

Summary:

“Everyone gets colds, I'll live,” Feng Xin replied with a dismissive wave of his hand. Famous last words. (Written for Fengqing Gotcha for Gaza @fengqingaction)

Tags: Sickfic, Hurt/Comfort, Illnesses, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fluff and Humor, Light Whump, Getting Together, Feng Xin and Mu Qing Bickering, Feng Xin Swears, POV Feng Xin, Feng Xin and Mu Qing are Roommates, Himbo Feng Xin, idiots to lovers, worried Mù Qíng, mq taking care of fx, Vomiting, author writing sickfic while sick for more accuracy, Not Medically Accurate, Prompt Fill, fengqingaction Twitter's Fengqing Gotcha for Gaza Event, no beta we die like HC 3x

[bishy437]

lazy day

[muqingfx]

unfiltered xie lian be like:

[citronverveine]

when you think about it, tgcf really wouldn’t have the same impact if xie lian didn’t cultivate through abstinence.

it’s funny because it’s not even relevant to the core of the plot itself; xie lian never uses his cultivation as a reason to stay away from hua cheng. he only reminds the reader of it when he drinks wine, which is pretty irrelevant anyway. but if it doesn’t impact his relationship with hua cheng then it must serve another purpose, otherwise it wouldn’t be here, because things in fiction don’t exist just for the sake of existing.

xie lian abstaining from earthly pleasures fits into the narrative of control, expectations, and divinity, the transcendance of his mortal body.

xie lian’s goal, very early on, is to become a god. and what are gods? above mortals. or that’s what everyone thinks, but not xie lian, not entirely at least. xie lian views godhood as a means to serve the people, not being above them. this is why he doesn’t think kneeling before gods is right, and why he doesn’t want his believers to kneel.

obviously, very few people agree with him and tell him how his godhood should be, even his own believers who think it’s stupid to not kneel before a god.

xie lian always saw godhood as a tool, and his body as a tool to reach godhood. xie lian is self-sacrificing in nature, and even if at first he doesn’t really know how much it takes, it reaches extremes once he is forced to self-sacrifice for a hundred people at once.

during that time, xie lian’s body and autonomy was taken from him. “this is what you want? then take it.” it makes it seem as though it was his choice. he wanted to help, so he got to help, he should be happy, right?

i often wondered why xie lian didn’t just say to hell with it and broke his cultivation through his eight hundred years of banishment. not once, as far as we know, does he willingly break it completely and irreversibly, even though he is shackled, even though he doesn’t even actively cultivate anymore.

i think it’s about control. during that time xie lian had very little control over his life.

godhood is about repressing your human traits. when he was a god, xie lian was asked not to care, not to intervene, not to help. he was asked to sit back and watch as his people suffered, as his kingdom threatened to fall. he couldn’t.

that’s why he couldn’t be a god. he realized that himself after almost releasing the resentful spirits on Yong’an. he ascended and asked to get bannished once again. all of what he did was too human, from start to finish, and he would never be fit for a god.

his cultivation was the third and last shackle, self-imposed from the start. the first shackle bound his spiritual power, the second his luck, and the third one his cultivation, asking him to repress his humanity.

this is why it’s important that xie lian makes the choice of breaking his cultivation for hua cheng. it’s an obvious choice when you understand all of this. hua cheng gave xie lian his autonomy back by letting him be himself and making his own choices, and trusting him with them. never did he doubt xie lian, never did he tell him what to do, even when he had his own opinion on the matter. hua cheng lets xie lian be. while supporting him through it all. he’s always behind him, no matter what happens, no matter whether xie lian does good or bad, he’ll always be there to catch him regardless of what he does, because he is there for who he is. he’s xie lian. he’s human. it doesn’t matter that he’s a god, a prince, a scrap collector, a curse.

and because xie lian has finally found someone who accepts him as a whole, can he finally let himself be whole and let go of the control he has on his body. he doesn’t have to hold back. he doesn’t have to try. he can indulge. he can be human. he can want. he can love. he can hurt. he can cry. he can laugh.

tl;dr: xie lian, once aware he has someone that will accept him, the whole of him, can finally let go of any artificial control on his self to fit in what the world expects of him